Does a judge have jurisdiction to determine the merits of a custody dispute relating to a child?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from In re Marriage of Eaddy, 144 Cal.App.4th 1202, 51 Cal.Rptr.3d 172 (Cal. App. 2006):
the child is being held has jurisdiction to decide the merits of a custody dispute relating to the child. (Mozes v. Mozes, supra, 239 F.3d at p. 1070; March v. Levine (6th Cir.2001) 249 F.3d 462, 468.)
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